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Patea Mail, Volume XLIII, 17 September 1919, Page 2

If air raids do a lot of harm, they occasionally do good. The vicar of a parish in England has reason to bo grateful to the Hun airmen. In his parish magazine he announced a profit of £350 as the result of a missionary sale, and added: "We-feel deeply, thankful that, the two incendiary bombs which fell in tho garden behind the church and church room, in tho early morning of tho day on which tho sale began, buried themselves harmlessly in the ground ; one was dug up and viewed at 3d a time by those who came to buy ! By this means an extra 25s 6d was -gathered in for missionary work." Four men entered an omnibus in London. Three of them wore Australian uniforms, while the other was a wandering musician, carrying a concertina. The four engaged in animated conversation, to which the unkempt musician contributed an intelligent share. By-and-by two of the soldiers and the musician left the 'bus. Then an Englishman ventured to remark to the remaining Australian, "It's surprising how you Australian fellows talk to anyone you come across. I'm no great shakes socially myself but I do draw tho line at a street musician." The Australian looked at him. "I don't know what you mean over here by 'great shake/! sociallyV" said he. "I'm a graduate at Melbourne University myself. But in my country it's an understood thing that any man with brains has a right to be heard, and the rcs t" —• w ith somewhat dire significance —"can hold their tongues."